
"According to the news, the daemon kingdom has already started attacking."
The emperor's words caused a commotion in the hall.
Since hundreds of years ago, humans have never had a good relationship with daemons. Both races can be considered as mortal enemies.
Moreover, such feelings had been increasing ever more lately with the happenings in the wolf forest. After a large number of noble descendants were killed by the daemons, many parties in the empire began to push for war.
But even so, many people were shocked by the news.
“... How many enemies there?” A noble asked the emperor.
"We're not sure." Emperor says. “But according to our estimates, the daemon army numbered more than a hundred thousand people. What's more, each daemon is an elite warrior.”
One hundred thousand daemons. It's a big army.
With these figures, breaking through the imperial border was almost guaranteed.
The nobles looked at each other with serious expressions. None of them wanted to see a daemon invasion.
Fortunately, not everything is bad news.
“The daemon empire has yet to launch a full attack. Just a few small battles.” Obviously emperor. “In addition, I've given the order to mobilize the nearest troops. They are ready to face the daemons.”
"But Your Majesty, I don't think the troops at the border are enough to face an all-out attack from the daemon kingdom." A random noble argued.
Emperor nodded. “That's the reason we're here. I plan to announce a mandatory military order. From this day onward, every man in the empire who was over fifteen years old had to get ready to participate in the war. ”
"That's…"
“Every man older than fifteen years..?”.
“In the meantime, what are we going to do with that labor-intensive job?”
Once again, the nobles made a fuss.
At the same time, they realized the seriousness of the situation.
“There is no other option. In fact, the situation is more troublesome than you think. ” Emperor sighed with a complicated expression. “The daemon empire is not the only one that started to move. Recently, the Beastkin Alliance seemed ready to make another move. Our spies have told us that the Blood Empress is getting ready for battle again.”
I frowned. The emilia?
So he can't wait anymore, yeah.
Just a few weeks ago, the Beastkin Alliance destroyed two human kingdoms under the orders of Emilia, the Blood Empress. But he seems not satisfied with that.
If I'm not mistaken, he plans to continue waging war until he finds me.
And once he finds me, we have to fight.
To be honest, I'd rather not have to fight it.
I sighed tiredly in my mind and continued to listen to the emperor.
To my surprise, the Emperor spoke to me.
“Clause. In a week, you will go to the front line. I hope you take advantage of this situation to gain experience on the battlefield.”
… What the fuck?
What are you planning now, Dad?
As expected, I'm not the only one who feels the situation is strange.
"Wait a minute, Your Majesty." School Head Evelyn stepped forward with an ice-cold face. "i don't think it's wise to send a prince to the front line in this kind of time."
“This is an order, principal. Not advice. A prince on the front line would help raise the morale of the imperial army. Plus, Claus' martial skills are pretty good, so I don't think he'll be in any great danger The Emperor looked at Evelyn indifferently.
Then, he looked towards me. "Claus, do you mind?"
But before long, I smiled.
“Nothing, Your Grace. I received your order.”
No matter what he plans, I don't have to care.
It's embarrassing, though. I just got my harem house and I'm gone.
I want to enjoy it a little more.
I could see Evelyn and Dina biting their lips. It seemed that they were not happy with the emperor's decision.
However, there was nothing they could do.
Unless we are prepared to completely clash with the emperor, it is better to follow his orders for now.
Plus, it's not as if I'm in danger.
I smiled at Evelyn and Dina to show them that everything was fine and I continued to pay attention to the meeting.
During the rest of the meeting, the emperor and the nobles discussed several different precautions to deal with the daemon army. I could feel a sense of urgency in their words.
Especially among nobles whose territory was close to the border. These nobles were the ones who invested the most in finding solutions to daemon threats.
So, the meeting ended like that.
But when the meeting was about to end, Evelyn stepped out.
"Your Majesty, I hope you can give me an answer about the thing I asked of you before."
Confused emperor. A few seconds later, she remembered what Evelyn meant.
"Situations with seeds and mind-controlled people, yes."
"Yes, Your Majesty. From the information I got, there were quite a few people in the capital with seeds in their minds. All these people can be controlled at any time for the mastermind behind this.”
The emperor did not answer immediately.
A few weeks ago, he received his first report on the seeds. It was a report in which Evelyn told him about the mind-controlled student to kill another student. In addition, the report also includes information about other people in the capital who are controlled in the same way.
In fact, the emperor did not pay much attention to it. The few students and citizens who killed people were also not enough to enter his view.
But a few days ago, he received a new report from the Ferret Family with more information on the case.
The Ferret Family report said that there were more than a thousand mind-controlled people in the capital, enough to spark a rebellion.
That was enough for the emperor to worry.
"School head, do you know who the person behind this 'seed' is?" Emperor asked.
Evelyn shook her head. “Unfortunately, we can't find the culprit. The best we can do is destroy the seeds as soon as possible.”
Actually, Evelyn knew that the person behind these seeds was an Immortal from another world, but the emperor would not believe such a thing.
The emperor frowned. He had no time to lose to the madman who controlled the minds of others.
To him, the fight against the daemon and finding a way to get rid of me is more important.
However, he admitted that having someone in control of the mind of an imperial subject was not a good situation.
Hesitating a little, the emperor sighed.
"All right, I understand. Principal Evelyn, I authorize you to take any action you deem necessary to handle this situation. But at the same time, I hope you minimize the number of casualties.”
"Understand, Your Majesty."